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No. 354,949. Patented De0."28, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHARLES SUESS, OF BRUNSWICK, MISSOURI.

MOP-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 354,949, dated December 28, 1886.

Application filed March 25, 1886. Serial No. 196,527. (No model.)

To'all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES SUEss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brunswick, in the county of Chariton and State of 5 Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mop-Holders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact .description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front view of the mop-holder. Fig. 2 is a side view, and Fig. 3 is a plan View, partly in horizontal section, thereof.

A is the handleof the mop, and B C are two parallel bars, one, B, secured to the handle at the lower end thereof, and the other, C, a short distance above the first. To support the ends of the bars B C and render the holder firm and steady, two supports, D D, formed of stout wire, are used. Each of these supports is formed of a single piece of wire, which is so bent as not only to'act as a support, but also to constitute a safety-pin for securing the mop to the holder. One end, a, of each wire is bent in a horizontal position above the top bar to form a hook. The wire is then bent at right angles, the vertical part, I), thus formed passing through an aperture in theupper cross-bar, C. Below the bar C the wire is again bentto form ahorizontal part, 0, upon which the bar C is supported. The wire is then again bent downward, constituting a second vertical portion,

C. From the horizontal loop f extends vertically a pointed free arm, 9, of the wire. This point is passed through the mop, and is then inserted in the hook a, thus holding the mop onto the holder. Theloops e and f around the bar B hold it firmly in position, and the vertical branch d holds the ends of the two bars at a fixed and invariable distance apart.

The face of the bar B opposite the loops e e is furnished with a projecting strip of rubber, E, which gives a yielding pressing-surface to the mop. On its lower edge the bar B (on the same face as the loops 0 e) is provided with a number of projecting pointed pins, h h, which enable the holder to be used as a carpetstretcher.

I claim as iny invention I 'A mop-handle and two parallel bars secured thereto, in combination with wire supports connecting the adjacent ends of the two bars, each support being composed of asingle piece of wire bent to support the bars, one end of each wire being also bent to form ahook, and the other end constituting apin which engages said hook, substantially as set forth, whereby the mop'may be secured to the holder.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES SUESS.

Witnesses:

FRITZ O. SASSE, Orro AMERLAU. 

